Throughout Arsenal’s history the use of academy players has been a very consistent theme. In recent years, however, fewer youngsters than usual have been called upon, with Mikel Arteta often preferring to work mostly with a core group of senior players. Indeed, this season Arteta gave minutes to just two academy players in competitive games. Charles Sagoe Jr started against Brentford in the Carabao Cup, while Ethan Nwaneri featured as a substitute against West Ham United in the Premier League. In the previous campaign, Nwaneri was the only youngster called upon as he featured against Brentford…